Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-03-08
AN ELECTRIC SUPPER.
TIE LITTLE SURPRISES Nh. HAMMER FRO.
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Mr.. William Hammer. Of Newark.
gave an electric supper TO . few old
classmates on New Years eve. II ~As
like an evening in sheol. Mr. Hammer
has been associated with Edison. the
great electrician, for . long time. aud
has become 90 stepped In electricity that
II fairly cones out at hi. finger tips. lie
carrie. lightning Abou, In bis pockets as
eatle,.ly as a boy would cary a toad.
Ills pretty little home at No % Row.
land Stree, /, bull, upon L.Jden Jars and
batteries and queer electrical inventions.
You can, walk across the threshold
wi,hou, ringing bells. or sounding burg.
lar alarms, or lighting the gs'. or doing
some odd thing ,hA, you never dreamed
Of doing.
Ga Thursday evening Mr.. Hammer
had all the hidden wires abou, his house
connected 90 as 10 give bis twenty guests
lively time. As far a. outward sp.
pesranee wen, the parlors and dining
room looked ike any other wsll.iurnl,hsd
apartments. but. hidden beneath the
carpets and 10 the wall, and ceilings.
were strange systems Of wire, and but.
tons. You enter the gate and the house
appears dark. but as your Zoo, touches
the lower s,Oop three electric lights blaze
out, and the number Of the house sp-
pears in brigh, relief. The nsHt step
set. = bell TO jinsling. and the third
throw. open the door aud lights the gas
in the hall BY electricity. transmitted by
me pressure Of the foot. Inside the hall
there !. an odd.looking foo,-r,., attached
to the hAt.uek. and by pressing button
pair Of brushes come GU, and shine
your shoes. Up stairs. where you re-
move your wraps. there Is bedroom
that would be worth fortune 20 q lazy
man. by touching Jour head 10 the
pillow the gA., fifteen feet away. !. 81.
iingui.hsd. and by pressing a kaob =,
the TOO, Of the bed 1, is liz again. Oii.
.ile the door a elOck.woik Attachment
sound. drum at the proper sAs,ns time
and. II the ooeupAn, does 20, gei up after
fifteen minutes grace. the bed rises on IL.
hind lss. and dump The sleeper out on
the h)or
In the parlor ihe guests Who bad
come early stood about In LITTLE groups
Nobody .ai down. alihough ottoman, aad
sofas and chair. were scattered through
che room. Every newcomer was cor.
daily greeted md eh.ir pushed io~srd
him II be az dosn--as be usually I'D
the chair either doablsd up GA him OF
started iof ,hs door With him, or di'ap.
p,arsd Or completely exploded II be
"a, on sof. be sst bari, 20 playing
90 the opposite wall, and = drum 20
bsailng. % II be took another seat the
no,smsn, pat ou, The lishi'. and iairo.
dgs,d queer pho.phors'esni figures No
man knew when be WAS safe. although
here were few spparenily safe seats.
In one q these llgmofst Bfosn Wa
telling ssry funny story. lie bal lefi
electricity far behind. AID jus, a. he
reached the climax pretty HANDICAPPED
Japare,c affair. Ike a biz danes cap.
iha, ornsmenisd The ceiling overhead.
dropped quietly down aud covered him
up. silently ex,iasul,hing the story aud
the story teller.
Somebody proposed music. and half .
selection vent very nicely on. the piano
Ba, jl,i I. every oae bsc'ms Interested
something scented 10 slse way, ard Ia.
stead Of ,,hng. the Key. beat upon
hornbls j.ngle Of gong, and drum. and
bell. aud every Kidd q noi's.Prodaeins
implement.
Ba, the worst came IN he dinins-
room. About n o'clock the tweniy
guest, sat dosn 10 table loaded with
The usual dslicacis.. AZ the head AZ.
ure o. Jupiter presided. Ala signal the
great sol began 20 talk 'phonozrsphieL-
Isl and made welcome address. tie
wore electric light. for shirt studs. a
bibglous red !ish, ior nose. and biz
green eye, had the snap Of lightning ia
them. while blue bolt. blsrsd from h,
pocket.
The table seemed bswi,ehed. Touch
knife OF fork and !, pl' oat the lighis
add introduced queer sights. Put your
spoon ih,o = dish OF cream aud !, Jared
up 10 green or red flames many feet high.
Ike a fountain Of fire Reach for an in
nocsnt.looking sAnd~leh And Il nns
bell inside. where the meA, olgh, 10 b.
Try TO pick up an orange, aud drum
bss, inside. Help yourself 10 pudding,
and the dish and all .lid .ilen,ly inio the
srea, unknown. Ask for Malaga graPs,
and find ,ha, an electric light dashed
from each one As you pulled the stem.
Pour sls,. Of lemonade aud il wa' in
cande.osni and full Of fire as /, touched
your lip. And yet everything va. good
to ca, and the coffee va, cooked by elee-
,nei,y.
And when the little clock talked out
IL, usLeiing ia the new year, aud the
chime. from the distant churches came
.ohly into the room. pIndemoniam
seemed TO have changed place, with the
modest dining.room. Two biz cannon
uns1ps c,sdly wen, of with suddennss'
lhA, rolled every man back from the Ia.
Die. the lights disappeared. gong' under
each chair bea, tattoo aud too bricks
dropped of the chimney. For fs~
minute. every malignant, noise ever In
vented va. piled on top Of one anciher.
aud then silence aud ih- light. came
back. and supper was resumed q. calmly
a. II such thing as scare had never
been known.
After supper electric h'e."ork' Aad
photograph experiments and a luminous
chamber Of horror. sent the guests home
-iih bewildered feeling tha, sonehow
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